Cow-tail holder



No. 624,461. Patented May 9, I899. F. A. cnocxgn.

COW TAIL HOLDER.

(Application filed Jan. 5, 1899 1 (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED A. CROOKER, OF LINCOLN, MAINE.

cow-TAIL HOLDER.

SPECIFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,461, dated May 9,1899.

' Application filed .Tanuary 5 ,1 899. Serial 1Tb. 701,187. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED A. OROCKER, a

' citizen of the United States of America, and

The device consists of a rod of spring-wire I bent double a portion ofits length to form a shank, one portion of said wire continuing singlybeyond said shank to forma hook and the other portion bent so as to forma springcoil and continuing from said coil substantially parallel tosaid shank to form a lever arranged to pass up between the two membersof said shank and bent forward in the direction of said shank to form aspring-acting clamping arm normally pressing against said shank.

Figure 1 is a side view of a part of a cow, showing the cow-tail holderapplied to the tail of the animal. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thecow-tail holder, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

The cow-tail holder is formed of a rod of spring-wire bent double for aproper length to form a shank a, as shown in Figs. 2 and One portion ofsaid rod is continued be yond said shank a to form a hook 1), adapted topass around one of the oows hind legs, preferably just above thegambrel-joint, and the other port-ion of said wire is bent into a coil0, which acts as a spring, to be referred to. Said wire leaves saidcoilc from the opposite side from which it begins to bend to form said coil0 and at a distance from said shank a substantially the width of saidcoil 0, forming a lever 01, which is arranged substantially' parallel tosaid shank a. Said le ver 01 turns nearly at right angles, as at e,

passing up between the two wires of said shank a, and, turning, is bentforwardly to form a clamping-arm e. The coil c-acts as a spring,normally pressing said clamping-arm e between and againstv the twomembers of said shank a, and the end 6 of said clamping-arm projectsslightly beyond said shank a to prevent any tendency of said clampingarme'to slip between said members of said shank a.

To apply said cow-tail holder, the hook b is adjusted around the animalshind leg, preferably just above the gambrel-joint, the lever 11 isdepressed against-the action of said coil-spring 0 into the dotted-lineposition shown in Fig. 2, the long hairs of the tail are slipped betweensaid clamping-arm e and said shank a, and pressure being removed fromsaid lever (Z the tail is securely attached to the animals leg, as shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I clairn A cow-tail holder consisting of a rod of spring-wire bentdouble a portion of its length to form a shank a, one wire continuingsingly to form a book 17 and the other wire bent so as to form aspring-coil c, and continuing substantially parallel to said shank a toform a lever d, arranged to pass up between the two members of saidshank a and bent for ward in the direction of said shank a to form aspring-acting clamping-arm e, normally held against said shank a by saidcoil-sprin g c, substantially as described.

Signed by me, at Lincoln, Maine, this 2d day of January, 1899.

FEED A. CROCKER.

